Brown Replaces Injured Kampmann, Faces ‘Doomsday’ on June 26

An unspecified injury suffered by Danish 170-pounder Martin
Kampmann has shuffled a pair of welterweight bouts for the
UFC’s June 26 debut in Pittsburgh.

With Kampmann unable to meet John Howard,
the promotion announced late Monday that Matt Brown
(Pictured) will step up to fight “Doomsday” on the Versus-televised
main card of
UFC Live 4. Brown’s original opponent, American Top Team
fighter Rich
Attonito, will now take on the Cesar-Gracie trained Daniel
Roberts.

Brown, 30, will likely be fighting for his Octagon life against
Howard, as the Ohioan currently sits mired in the worst slump of
his five-year career. After beginning his UFC stint with an
impressive 4-1 run, “The Immortal” was submitted during three
consecutive starts in 2010, tapping out to Ricardo
Almeida, Chris Lytle
and, most recently, Brian
Foster.

Howard also faces a must-win situation, having been bested in
back-to-back bouts by welterweight contenders Thiago Alves
and Jake
Ellenberger. The 28-year-old Boston native previously had his
hand raised in four straight UFC outings, eking out decision wins
over Tamdan
McCrory and Chris
Wilson before scoring crushing knockouts of Dennis
Hallman and Roberts.

After being handed his first career loss by Howard in his March
2010 UFC debut, Roberts ran off a trio of victories over Forrest
Petz, Michael
Guymon and Greg Soto. The
“Ninja” had his streak halted April 30, when he was outpointed by
Claude
Patrick at UFC 129.

A quarterfinalist on the 11th season of “The Ultimate Fighter,”
Attonito drops to 170 pounds following a 2-1 run in the UFC
middleweight division. Despite recording wins over regarded
Brazilian Rafael
Natal and “TUF 11” castmate Jamie Yager,
it was a December decision loss to Dave Branch
which spurred Attonito’s cut.

Headlined by another short-notice welterweight contest which will
see Rick
Story replace Anthony
Johnson against Nate
Marquardt, UFC Live 4 goes down June 26 at Pittsburgh’s Consol
Energy Center.